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Traveling abroad for medical care, or so-called “medical tourism,” has significantly decreased since the pandemic. However, as limitations on international travel loosen, medical tourism has been steadily recovering, reflecting pent-up demand from patients who had to put off procedures, dental surgery, or other care.

In this interview with Dr. Wendy Marsh, director of the Bipolar Disorders and Depression Specialty Clinics at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, she discusses how treatment can better address quality-of-life issues for individuals with bipolar depression.

The first set of guidelines for critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) was published in 2008. In this review of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency, the author reviews the current thinking regarding this relatively newly defined complex and the changing recommendations for management.

With an emphasis on syndromes involving cell surface and synaptic proteins, the authors discuss major aspects of AE in this work. In addition, they also present a useful method for diagnosing and treating the condition, as well as potential mistakes related to nonspecific antibody results.